The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-26
EDITOR O'BRIEN.
Additional Particulars of the Mob at
Kingston-O'Brien Roughly Handled.

AuQ1J1Onal GarUlculdrS VI Iue NLOO az
Kingston--O'Bri Roughly Handled.
KINGSTON May s-It was two hours rs, after the
By the mob before mis- friends knew
the whereabouts of the, distinguished
ditor. Battered and bruised he had es-
capped to the house of Peter Devlin, on the corner
of Wellington and William streets. Devlin stole |
down to Chief of Police Dorsey, and said: 10 Brlen
s cafe with me- "Ihank God" exclaimed the
crowd. Chief Dorsey, with Mayor Carson and six
policemen, then went to Deylin's house, and
brought back O'Brien to the Burnett house. Thesl
latter reached Devins houee through an alleyway,
near Newmans, which afforded shelter, just as
Morris Hogan changed hats with OBrien; just as
stone struck O'Brien on the back of the neck,
and just as a big, powerful Orangeman
with club was going to cleave open his skull Inc
house of an OIaDgeman, named Donnell, adjoined
the alley the other eide land OBrien got in there
and was finally smugged backwards to Devlen's
house, while the Grunge mob outside were yelling
for his blood "
81 will protect you, now, to the hotel,' said
Mayor Carson 81 will call on the artillery
''You wil!' exclaimed O'Brien sarcasticaly. 81
don't want your protection now, cir. You saw the
mob of demons 500 strong, outside that hall,
thirsting for my blood, while / was addressing
peaceable meeting, and you didn't disperse them;
Where was your artillery then, sir! Lansdowne and
Rowland winked at efforts to murder me in
Toronto, and now Lansdowne and you wink at
efforts to murder me here. | am not going to give
you Il credit of pretense of having, protected
my life, when you could have dispersed the MOB
if you wished, but didn't
The mayor said no more. The policemen acted
Just the same as those at Toronto. In the early
BART of the evening, they would not permit any
o. Brienites to wait on the sidewalk outside the
hall and even said "Move on to an American
correspondent. But the moment the Orangemen
appeared on the opposite side OF the street-many
was no interference by the police. They
we're allowed to hiss and groan until
O'Brien came out. When the latter did come out
the policemen instead of making circle around
him. abandoned him to the tender mercies of the
Yelling Orangemen, who dashed upon him. The
policemen were the first to scatter when the stone
throwing commenced.
The mob remained outside the hall two hours
waiting to kill O'Brien. An y Brienlte named
Rowland had his cheek. laid open with stone.
Sergeant Nesbitt's head was cut. The nationalist
were unorganized and not prepared for an attack,
being deceived by the extraordinary cooiness and
treachery of the Orangemen. AT the burnett
house crowd bic collected hi. around around
He was scarcely able to stand. His throat was full
of dust and his clothes despatched. He said:
"Boj 8, we will go through 10 the end yet"
One incident will show how the police acted
when q Bren staggered into an alleyway after
being struck on The neck with stone police
man in the middle of the street said to the roters
81 saw you do that: cav, you, but he never at
tempted to arrest him, and he was allowed to join
his friends who shouted in triumph. Heres
90: well done this tme!" O'Brien aud party start
this morning for Hamilton, where meeting will
be held Monday, lie will speak SUNDAY u Niagara
Falls.
O'BRIEN TOUCHES UNITED STATES SOIL.
| WATERFOWL, n. Y, May 2l.--When Editor
O'Brien with Kilbride, and the "war cOrrespon-
dents" as they are called reacked the wharf at
Kingston, and boarded the "Maud," to sail up
Lake Ontario for Cape Vincent, the crowd at this
time was friendly one. They all warmly grasped
O'Bren by the baud, and as the boat steamed away
| they sent up a ruusing cheer. O'Brien bowed
his acknowledgment, although hardly able to stand
from the fatigue and injury which ne had suffered.
The suspicious looking individual, who wears dark
| green goggles, and who has followed O'Brien and
party everywhere they went so far, pretending to
be the representative of Renters News agency, has
at last been recognized, and turns ont to be what
| he was all along supposed TO have been, namely:
an English detective from Scotland yard.
This was the first United States territory touched
during fortnight, and az O'Brien stepped from
the pier bOt he ana his party cried Ls they raised
their bats, "IIuIrah for the stars and sfripes,'
while the crowd in waiting responded with cheers.
Al Wstertown, twenty five miles from Cape Vim
| cent, and where stay of an hour
and a halt was had. o Brien was met by deputa-
ton of citizens and escorted 10 Woodruff house,
where an informal reception WAS had. Az they
boarded the train for Syracuse to Niagara Falls d
great crowd gathered on the platform, nearly all
Americans, who sent up cheers as the train
steamed out of the depot.